Is this the worst road in the world?

Russia's "Olympic Highway", which was built ahead of the 1980 Moscow
games, is being billed as the worst on the planet.

The road in Yaroslavl, 160 miles north east of Moscow, looks like it has suffered the ill-effects of an earthquake.

But the damage was apparently caused by spring floodwaters.

The footage of the dilapidated highway has gone viral after Russian bloggers challenged web users to come up with worse examples.

It is known locally as the Olympic road, having been built more than 30 years ago for the 1980 Summer Games, hosted by the then Soviet Union.

The head of Rostov District of the Yaroslavl area, said: "Floods were really heavy and this road, as well as many others was severely damaged. We’ve repaired a number of them, though some are still under construction."